Seismic analysis of deep tunnels in near fault conditions: A case study in Southern Italy

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 975-995

  Corigliano, Mirko ^a   Scandella, Laura ^a   Lai, Carlo G ^a   Paolucci, Roberto ^b  

^a European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering EUCENTRE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep tunnels; Near fault conditions; Seismic analysis; Soil structure interaction; Spectral element method

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SEISMIC; APENNINES; CLOSED-FORM ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; DEEP TUNNELS; DESIGN STAGE; EARTHQUAKE LOADINGS; FAULT SIMULATION; LOW LEVEL; NEAR-FAULT; NUMERICAL MODELING; PROPER DESIGN; PSEUDOSTATIC; PSEUDOSTATIC METHOD; SEISMIC ANALYSIS; SEISMIC CONDITION; SEISMOGENIC FAULTS; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD; STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADING; TRANSVERSAL DIRECTIONS; UTILITY NETWORK;

DESIGN; DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKES; EMBANKMENT DAMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAILROAD TUNNELS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; TUNNELS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FAULT; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STATIC RESPONSE; TUNNEL; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION; VULNERABILITY;

ITALY;

EID: 79960064378     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9249-3     Document Type: Article

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